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Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs
MoHUA provides Central assistance to States/ Union Territories for providing all-weather pucca houses to all eligible urban households;
More than 115 lakh houses have been sanctioned across the country under PMAY-U out of which 56.20 lakh have been completed/ delivered to beneficiaries and remaining are at various stages of construction/ grounding
In pursuance of the Government’s vision of “Housing for All”, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs  is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban  since 25.06.2015 for giving Central assistance to States/ Union Territories  for providing all-weather pucca houses to all eligible urban households. PMAY-U addresses affordable housing requirement in urban areas through four verticals:  Beneficiary-led individual house construction or enhancement   Affordable Housing in Partnership   Credit-Linked Subsidy Scheme  and  “In-Situ” Slum Redevelopment .
States/ UTs have undertaken demand survey under PMAY-U for assessing actual demand of housing for eligible beneficiaries. Total assessed demand of houses as validated by States/ UTs in the year 2017 under the scheme is 112.24 lakhs. However, demand of housing being dynamic in nature, additional housing demand of urban households who became eligible during implementation of the scheme were also covered under PMAY-U.
Based on the project proposals submitted by States/ UTs, more than 115 lakh houses have been sanctioned across the country; out of which,56.20 lakh have been completed/ delivered to beneficiaries and remaining are at various stages of construction/ grounding.
Out of the total sanctioned houses, more than 29 lakh houses have been sanctioned during the last two years. Completion of projects generally takes 12-18 months under BLC vertical and 24-36 months under AHP vertical of the Scheme. Therefore, there is always a lag between sanctioning, construction and completion of houses.
The mission period is upto 31.03.2022 and no additional houses will be sanctioned after that. States/ UTs have been advised to ground and complete all remaining sanctioned houses within the stipulated timeline as per Detailed Project Reports.
This Ministry provides different levels of Central assistance to States/ UTs for each beneficiary under following four verticals of the Scheme:
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Central assistance to each beneficiary
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Beneficiary-led individual house construction/ enhancement 
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₹1.50 lakh
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Affordable Housing in Partnership 
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₹1.50 lakh
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“In-situ” Slum Redevelopment 
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₹ 1.00 lakh
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Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme 
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Loan Amount
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Interest subsidy
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Economically Weaker Section 
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up to ₹6 lakhs
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6.5 %
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Low Income Group 
As per PMAY-U Guidelines, there is no provision for providing interest free loan to States/ UTs and presently no such proposal is under consideration in this Ministry.
This information was given by the Minister of State for Housing & Urban Affairs, Shri Kaushal Kishore, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Railways
Indian Railway Station Development Corporation  enters into Tripartite Agreement with French National Railways  & AFD, a French Agency
AFD a French agency, has agreed to provide in-kind grant financing up to 7,00,000 EURO, through French National Railways -Hubs and Connexions as a Technical Partner to IRSDC to support the Railway Station Development Program in India
This will impose no financial liability on IRSDC or Indian Railways
Indian Railway Station Development Corporation  entered an Tripartite Agreement with French Railways  & AFD, a French Agency on 10th June, 2019. On this occasion, Shri Suresh Angadi, Minister of State of Railways and H. E. Mr. Jean Baptiste Lemoyne, Minister of State, Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Government of France, H.E. Mr Alexandre Ziegler, Ambassador of France in India & senior officers were present from both side.
Under this agreement, AFD a French agency, has agreed to provide in-kind grant financing up to 7,00,000 EURO, through French National Railways -Hubs and Connexions as a Technical Partner to IRSDC to support the Railway Station Development Program in India. This will impose no financial liability on IRSDC or Indian Railways.
Speaking on this occasion, Shri Suresh Angadi, Minister of State said, “India and France have a strong and long standing prosperous partnership in the Railway sector. French Railways  in the past has been associated with Indian Railways in conducting speed upgradation study for Delhi-Chandigarh section and station development of Ludhiana & Ambala stations. I am sure that this effort will go a long way in further strengthening Indo-French cooperation and will help Indian Railways in positioning its stations to world class standards.”
Ministry of Home Affairs
Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Ajay Kumar Mishra, inaugurated two day 22nd All India Conference of Directors of Fingerprint Bureaux
The Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Ajay Kumar Mishra, inaugurated the two day 22ndAll India Conference of Directors of Fingerprint Bureaux on October 28th in New Delhi through the online mode.
The inaugural session was attended by Special Secretary , Ministry of Home Affairs, Sh. V. S. K. Kaumudi, and Director, National Crime Records Bureau , Sh. Ram Phal Pawar. Directors of State Fingerprint Bureaux and other Senior Police officers from States and scientists from academia and others from the fingerprint fraternity joined the event through the online platform.
Shri Mishra released the Fingerprint in India – 2020, the 24th annual publication on use of fingerprint science in crime investigation. He appreciated the steps taken by NCRB in developing and deploying various IT applications in aid of investigation and stressed upon the need of scientific investigation.
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SUSTAINABLE DRYLAND DEVELOPMENT FARMING <<<>>>
K DEVI PADMANABHAN FIELD PUBLICITY OFFICER TIRUCHIRAPALLI
Indian Centre of Agriculture research has recommended deep ploughing before sowing to destroy fall Army worm which attacks agriculture crops. Like Covid 19 pandemic, which is threatening human life, locusts and fall army worms can destroy crops which will paralyse our agriculture system. Agriculture has given the resilience for our nation to fightbackcovid 19 lockdown and farmers have stood by the nation producing enoughfoodgrains to feed the entire nation despite the lockdown. The toiling farmers give shape to our Prime Minister's announcement of supplying free ration including rice or wheat additionally to ration card holders till November. Technology and scientific advice at the right time is the need of the hour and our agriculture officials are continuing their field visits to help our farmers who face lot of problems in crop management .
Agriculture officials advised farmers to go in for deep ploughing to prevent fall army worm attack on their crops. State Agricultural Extension management Institute STAMIN Director and Agriculture Additional Director ShSankaralingam, Joint Director of Agriculture SmtShanthi, Deputy Director ShLakshamanaswamy and Assistant Director Sh Mohan sensitised farmers in Pullambady Block, Keezharasur village on Fall Arm worm attack and its management. Additional Director, Agriculture Sankaralingam advised farmers to utilise the summer rains and start summer ploughing. This deep ploughing will help destroy Fall Army worm which attacks maize crops. Moreover it will strengthen the water absorption power of soil which will help the summer crops.
In Tiruchirapalli, dryland farming of cotton and maize is done in 15000 acres . Assistant Director Shri Mohan said that last week there was good rain in Pullambady Block. This is really helpful for the farmers in the region. Under the Tamil Nadu Mission on sustainable dryland development scheme, 3000 hectares of land in Pullambady Block has been targeted. Under this scheme all farmers in Keezharasur, Malway, Sathurpagam, Melarasur villages have been asked to start ploughing works. Rs 500 per acre subsidy is given to each farmer who are doing summer ploughing in this region according to agriculture officials. Farmers are being given fertilizers at 50 per cent subsidy and pesticides to destroy fall army worm in maize.
Agriculture science and its hi-tech extension services is crucial in ensuring food security for all . Our scientists and agriculture officials are continuing their hard work in helping farmers tide over problems in the field .
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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Sports Authority of India NSNIS Patiala felicitates Indian Weightlifting contingent after stellar Commonwealth Games 2022 performance
The Indian Weightlifting contingent put up a sensational performance at the Commonwealth Games 2022, with the team bagging a total of 10 medals. Following their arrival in India today morning, the entire Weightlifting contingent was given a rousing welcome by the Sports Authority of India officials.
The contingent was welcomed Saturday morning at the Amritsar airport. Later in the day, they were felicitated at the SAI NSNIS Patiala, which has been the Weightlifting team's training base. A total of 19 people - 14 athletes, 4 coaches and one team manager arrived in India on Saturday morning.
CWG 2022: Indian Weightlifting medalists:
GOLD - Mirabai Chanu 
Jeremy Lalrinnunga 
Achinta Sheuli 
SILVER - Sanket Sargar 
Bindyarani Devi 
Vikas Thakur 
BRONZE - Gururaja Poojary 
Harjinder Kaur 
Lovepreet Singh 
Gurdeep Singh
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Gadkari Calls For Preparing A Roadmap on Road Safety
Emphasises Upon Combined Efforts To Curb Road Accidents
Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs Shri Nitin Gadkari has emphasised upon combined efforts to curb accidents on roads. He said, the Ministry is working upon reducing deaths on the roads by half in the coming days.
Addressing the 18th Meeting of National Road Safety Council  and 39th Meeting of Transport Development Council  in New Delhi today, Shri Gadkari called upon the transport ministers from all the States to prepare a roadmap in this direction without bothering for the expenses. He said, there is no dearth of resources for infrastructure development in the country, the need is only for a coherent approach to serve the larger public.
Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs Shri Nitin Gadkari lighting the traditional lamps at the 18th Meeting of National Road Safety Council  and 39th Meeting of Transport Development Council  in New Delhi today.
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Pointing out towards 36 per cent improvement on national highways and 26 per cent on State highways, the Minister informed that black spots are being identified and repaired at a fast pace. He underlined the need to include NGOs and engineering students in conducting road audits. Shri Gadkari informed that district level committees have been formed to examine and suggest such spots which need immediate attention. He said, work on improving road engineering will be undertaken with available resources worth Rs 14,000 crore.
Addressing the participants, Minister of State for Road Transport & Highways Gen  Dr V K Singh stressed upon the need to bring about behavioural change towards road safety. He said, road discipline should begin from family, school, and society level. Dr Singh said, he is discussing with States the steps required for improving the thought process of the society towards accidents, and victims, who’s life can be saved within the first ‘golden hour.’
Participants at the 18th Meeting of National Road Safety Council  and 39th Meeting of Transport Development Council  in New Delhi today.
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Transport Ministers and senior officers from various States participated in the meeting and discussed different road safety aspects, including the MV  Act 2019; tourist vehicles authorisation and permit rules 2019; bus port guidelines; digitisation of transport and abolition of border check posts; inter-state transfer of vehicle registration and driving licenses; harmonisation of road tax across States – One Nation One Tax; vehicle scrapping policy; guidelines for setting up, authorisation and operation of vehicle scrapping facility; and implementation of vehicle tracking platform under Nirbhaya framework.
Ministry of Civil Aviation
Prime Minister inaugurates Shivamogga airport in Karnataka
The lotus like new airport is developed at a cost of Rs 450 crore : Shri Scindia
The Passenger Terminal Building of the airport can handle 300 Passengers per hour
Night landing facility is also available at this airport which will start operating soon
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi inaugurated the newly constructed Shivamogga Airport along with various development projects that cost over Rs 3,600 crore in Shivamogga, Karnataka today.
The new airport is developed at a cost of around Rs 450 crore. The Passenger Terminal Building of the airport is spread over 4340 sq. meters and can handle 300 Passengers per hour. The Prime Minister's focus on enhancing air transportation throughout the country will receive further reinforcement with the opening of the Shivamogga Airport.
“The new airport is going to open doors of development for Shivamogga, the land of nature, culture, and agriculture”, the Prime Minister said. The Prime Minister elaborated upon the policies of the government that have led to an unprecedented expansion of the aviation sector. The Prime Minister also mentioned the UDAN scheme for affordable air travel to realize his vision that Hawai Chappal-wearing common citizens should be able to travel in Hawai Jahaj.
In a series of tweets, the Minister of Civil Aviation Shri Jyotiraditya M Scindia said, “Today, Shri Narendra Modi ji has inaugurated Shivamogga Airport and has given a new height to civil aviation in the country and has opened new doors of prosperity in Karnataka. It is a unique gift for Shivamogga and the entire region on the birthday of the former Chief Minister of the state Shri BS Yeddyurappa ji. It is a matter of pride for the entire country that where there were only 74 airports in the country until 2014, today, after the inauguration of the Shivamogga airport, the number of airports has doubled. Now the total number is 148, which means there has been a 100% increase in the number of airports in the last 9 years.”
The Minister further said, “The Shivamogga Airport is designed like a lotus flower, and it is built at a cost of Rs 450 crore. It is suitable for A-320-type aircraft. This airport is spread across 758 acres of land. The night landing facility is also available at this airport which will start after some time.”
The Prime Minister also laid the foundation for two railway projects, the Shivamogga – Shikaripura – Ranebennur new Railway line and Koteganguru Railway coaching depot, and several road development projects totalling over Rs 215 crore. The Prime Minister also unveiled multi-village schemes worth over Rs 950 crore under the Jal Jeevan Mission and inaugurated 44 Smart City Projects worth over Rs 895 crore in Shivamogga city.
Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Narendra Modi government has tried to give a new outlook to the governance in last 7-8 years, says, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh
Addresses the valedictory function of the 3rd Capacity Building Programme in Field Administration for the Senior Officers of Jammu & Kashmir Administrative Service  in New Delhi as Chief Guest
All reforms are not only governance reforms but they are also huge social reforms which will give the coming generations a level-playing field
The Narendra Modi government has done away with around 1500 rules, like attestation and conducting interview
The Government, led by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has streamlined the governance and made it timeline-oriented
Addressing the valedictory function of the 3rd Capacity Building Programme for senior officers of Jammu & Kashmir Administrative Service  here today, Union Minister of State  Science & Technology; Minister of State  Earth Sciences; MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr. Jitendra Singh said that the Narendra Modi government has sought to give a new outlook to governance in the last 7 to 8 years.
The Minister said that all the reforms are not only governance reforms but they are also huge social reforms which will give the coming generations a level-playing field. He said the intent of the Government became clear when soon after coming to power in May 2014, one of the first major decisions was to introduce self-attestation and do away with the practice of getting documents attested by gazetted officer.
Dr. Jitendra Singh said, since then the Modi government has done away with around 1500 rules, including abolishing interviews for recruitment. He said that the Ministry of Personnel has streamlined the governance and made it timeline-oriented.
As for Jammu & Kashmir, Dr Jitendra Singh said, the cadre review had been pending for several years because the earlier governments were never keen about it. However, now the exercise has been undertaken to ensure regular induction of JKAS officers into IAS.
Dr Jitendra Singh said, J&K is still much deficient in the number of IAS officers compared to its approved total strength. This situation needs to be retrieved so that the civil servants remain motivated.
The Union Minister noted that earlier we were living in bliss of not having capacity but the fact is that the capacity and the potential were always there, but it is only now realising its utility since the work culture has changed in last 7-8 years under the present regime.
The 12-day Capacity Building programme from 14th to 25th March, 2022 was organized by National Centre for Good Governance , Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, GoI.
A total of 32 officers attended the programme from Union Territories of Jammu-Kashmir and Ladakh.
Ministry of Railways
World Class Railway Stations
Ministry of Railways have planned for redevelopment of railway stations through Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Limited , Rail Land Development Authority  and other Central Government agencies. All major stations on Indian Railways have been entrusted to these agencies for undertaking the techno-economic feasibility studies. Based on the outcome of the feasibility studies the stations are planned to be taken up for redevelopment, in phases.
Redevelopment of stations is planned through leveraging commercial development of vacant land and air space in and around railway stations, i.e. station redevelopment projects shall generally be cost neutral to Railways.
Works for redevelopment of Habibganj  and Gandhinagar stations are in progress. Ministry of Railways is redeveloping Bhubaneshwar Station in cooperation with Govt of Odisha. RLDA has also entered into an MoU with Massouri Dehradun Development Authority  for redevelopment of Dehradun Railway Station. Rail Land Development Authority  has signed an MoU with National Highway Authority of India in April-2019, for redevelopment of Ajni  station as a Multi-modal Hub.
Station redevelopment program is first of its kind and complex in nature and requires detailed techno-financial feasibility studies and various statutory clearances from local bodies etc.
This information was given by the Minister of Railways and Commerce & Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
More than 18 crore vaccine doses provided to States/UTs Free of Cost by Govt. of India, so far
More than 90 lakh doses still available with States/UTs to be administered
Over 7 Lakh doses in addition will be received by States/UTs in next 3 days
Vaccination forms an integral component of the five point strategy of Government of India of containment and management of the pandemic . Government of India has been supporting the nationwide vaccination drive by providing COVID Vaccines free of cost to the States and UTs.
Implementation of the Liberalized and Accelerated Phase 3 Strategy of Covid-19 Vaccination has started from 1st May 2021. In the Strategy it is made clear that in every month only 50% of the total Central Drugs Laboratory  cleared vaccine doses of any manufacturer would be procured by Govt. of India. Govt of India would continue to procure its share of 50% of the monthly CDL cleared vaccines & would continue to make it available to the State Govts totally free of cost as was being dome earlier.
Government of India has so far provided more than 18 crore vaccine doses  to States/UTs Free of Cost. Of this, the total consumption including wastages is 17,09,71,429 doses .
More than 90 lakh COVID Vaccine doses  are still available with the States/UTs to be administered. States with negative balance are showing more consumption  than vaccine supplied as they have not reconciled the vaccine they have supplied to Armed Forces.
Furthermore, more than 7 lakh  vaccine doses will be received in addition by the States/UTs within the next 3 days.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Special Campaign 2.0 Initiatives relating to Department of Fertilizers
Department of Fertilizers along with its 9 PSUs is observing the Swachhata Special Campaign 2.0 from 2nd October 2022 to 31st October, 2022 and are actively participating in this Special Campaign 2 initiatives. In this regard, Secretary, Department of Fertilizers took a comprehensive review meeting with Officers in the Department of Fertilizers and CMDs/ MDs of the PSUs on 25.10.2022 through Video Conferencing regarding the progress made in the Swachhata Special Campaign 2 activities that are currently underway in the Department of Fertilizers and among its PSUs which are under the administrative control of Department of Fertilizers.
The launch of the 600 Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samruddhi Kendras  across the country is one of the best practices adopted as part of the Special Campaign 2.0 initiatives by the Department of Fertilizers. 600 existing district level retail shops were remodelled and provided more facilities to the farmers in terms of agri inputs and services. These Kendras were inaugurated by Prime Minister on the occasion of PM Kisan Sammelan. All these centers have become excellent examples of Swachhata Campaign 2 initiatives with clean premises and enhanced facilities for farmers.
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The Progress of the Special Campaign 2 activities are regularly monitored and reviewed by the Minister of Chemical and Fertilizers and Secretary, Department of Fertilizers. Efforts were made by the Department of Fertilizers and its PSUs for making progress towards the review and weeding out of old files both physical and e-files as per the Record Retention Schedule, Parliamentary Assurances, disposal of Public Grievances, References from MPs, digitization of records, reduce paper work, disposal of the e- waste, scrap material etc so that they can improve efficiency and space. progress of Special Campaign 2.0 is monitored on a dedicated portal www.pgportal.gov.in/scdpm22 and updated information is uploaded in the SCDPM portal by the Department of Fertilizers on a regular basis.